Hello, readers, and welcome back to Wednesday Words. Do you know that April is National Poetry Month? To celebrate, in this post I’m sending you a Charlene-original poem: “Portland Cathedral.” Its story began one afternoon in Portland, Oregon, many years ago while Hoyt, my husband, was attending a meeting at … [Read more…]
Hi there, readers. Welcome back to Wednesday Words. You may notice today is not Wednesday. 
Yesterday when this was supposed to be mailed to you there were technical issues, so this is a day late. Sorry… This post is one of those about writing that I told you I’d … [Read more…]
Hi readers, I’m just popping in this Saturday to let you know that besides subscribing to my blog that you’re reading right now, you can find more of my writing on the FREE site called Blogspot. Here’s what’s there… Travel writing In addition to travel posts on my own website … [Read more…]
Greetings and welcome back to another Wednesday Words. Today’s post instroduces “On Writing” messages primarily for writers. Once in a while here on the blog I’ll cover a topic of particular interest to people who write or want to begin writing. So… If you’re a non-writer who wants to find out … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Welcome to Wednesday Words. Today I honor the author, Salman Rushdie, an award-winning India-born author of many books. Although I’m not a big fan of his magical realism fiction, I do admire his nonfiction, which is like listening to him talk with you across a café table. Down … [Read more…]